“Darling! I’m sorry.”

“You haven’t made an engagement, have you?”

“But I have, dear.”

“Where?” he asked impatiently. It was none of his business. But she said:

“Mr. Smull asked me to dine with him and Frank Donnell. Are you going to be lonely, dear?”

“Where are you dining?” he demanded impatiently.

She did not resent it: “In Mr. Smull’s apartment.”

“Do you think that’s the thing to do?” he asked sharply.

“Darling! Isn’t it?”

“Are you accustomed to dine with married men in apartments which they maintain outside their homes?”